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LAFD ambulance plan to proceed

A plan to add 11 ambulances to the Los Angeles Fire Department service by taking firefighters from light and tactical forces will begin on May 5 in what officials described as a major shift in how the department responds to incidents. Daily News,

At the same time, Fire Chief Brian Cummings was urged by the Fire Commission to improve his communications with the labor groups in his department, which vehemently oppose that could reduce firefighter staffing from five to four on the light force trucks.